MUSI 1003 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Phonograph Cylinder, Victor Talking Machine Company, Song Plugger
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Brass bands: from the civil war through the 1910s, brass band concerts were one of the most important aspects of american life, military bands made up of brass instruments. Drew energy from interaction of patriotism and popular culture, and from growing american nationalism. Tin pan alley: by the end of the nineteenth century, the american music publishing business was center in nyc, tin pan alley: the stretch of 28th street where new publishing firms, many founded by. Jewish immigrants from eastern europe, had offices in a section of lower manhattan where composers and song pluggers produced and promoted pop songs. Evoked changing sounds of many pianos simultaneously playing songs in a variety of keys and tempos. Introduction of song pluggers, promoting songs which increased the sale of sheet music. In the 1890s, the wholesale value of printed music more than tripled: vaudeville: theatrical form descended from musical hall shows to minstrelsy.
